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owlings

owlings is the plural of owling.

Meaning of owling

Noun (1)

owling (uncountable)

  1. Birding, specifically to catch owls.
  2. (historical) The smuggling of sheep or wool out of England.
  3. (Internet) A variation on planking in which a person is photographed or filmed squatting down in an unusual location.
    • Planking was soon replaced by owling.2012 March 28, Trey Parker, “Faith Hilling”, in South Park, season 16, episode 3, spoken by Reporter

Noun (2)

owling (plural owlings)

  1. A small, juvenile, or baby owl; owlet.
    • Owls are extra hungry then, there being a batch of Greatlings or Hornlings or Owlings or whatever Great Horned Owl babies are called sitting on the edge of a nest waiting on Pa and Ma Owl to bring home the bacon.1940, Canadian Forestry Association, Forest and outdoors - Volume 36 - Page 344

Questions about owlings

What is owlings the plural of?
Owlings is the plural of owling.

Words near owlings in the dictionary

  1. Owlglass
  2. owlier
  3. owliest
  4. owliness
  5. owling
  6. owlings
  7. owlish
  8. owlishly
  9. owlishness
  10. owlism
  11. owlless

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